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School: Poor Clares' Convent, Cavan

Location:
Cavan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Sr. Carmel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 097

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    Our district is visited frequently by the following birds; cranes, owls, hawks, ravens, wild ducks, wild geese, wild swans, corn-crakes, cuckoos, snipe, sea-gulls, black-birds, crows, pigeons, swallows, sparrows, skylarks, thrushes, linnets, and magpies. The following birds migrate; the corn-crake, the cuckoo, swallow, wild geese, and wild swans.
    A corncrake builds in the meadow while the sky-lark builds in the grass. The wren, the sparrow, and the swallow build their nests in the eaves of houses, turf-houses, sheds, and byres. The wild duck, wild geese, and the
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ina Soden
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Cavan, Co. Cavan